Life, 1927-03-17 · page 31 of 43
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This page contains three humor pieces typical of Life's satirical content: **"Waiting"** (poem by Elmer C. Adams): A golfer's lament about the off-season. He must wait three months through winter before resuming golf, enduring "restless gnawing" until spring returns. The satire mocks golfers' obsessive dedication to the sport and their impatience during forced breaks. **"Mrs. Abe Martin"**: A brief note praising humorist Kin Hubbard's book dedication to his wife, quoted as "To My Wife, Who Doesn't Care What I Write Just So I Keep on Writing." The joke is the wife's indifference to his actual work—she only cares he remains productive/employed. **"Very Lordly and Large Liftman"**: A class-comedy sketch between a snobbish elevator operator and a messenger boy. The operator claims they don't usually transport common folk, but the boy reveals he was *formerly* a liftboy himself, deflating the operator's pretension. British working-class humor. The page also includes unrelated pieces about gambling and China policy, plus a Louis Sherry Confiseur advertisement.
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29 Waiting Come, golfer, with your flask of three- in-one, Your string, your tape, your varnish for the club, Be ready when the waiting time is done And you'll again annihilate the dub Beneath the splendor of a summer sun. ‘And yet, remember, brother—here's the rub: Long, long you'll wait—the day is not yet here To Start your conquest of the silver mug. Three months you'll wait through bitter days and drear, And feel the restless gnawing of the “bug,’ while you ndelier, putts upon the parlor The “drive” beneath the —Elmer C. Adams, in Detroit News. Mrs. Abe Martin By far the best dedication we have seen lately is Kin Hubbard's to his new Abe Martin book: “To My Wire, Who vhat I Write Just So I —Chicago News. Very Lordly and Large Liftman (to small ‘messenger boy): yen KNOW WE DON’T USUALLY JOURNEYS UP AND DOWN FoR THE LIKES oF You. Small Messenger (brightly): au. RIGHT, MATE, ’OLD YER ‘AIR ON. 1 WAS A LIFTROY MESELF ONCE. ¢ (London). After Fifteen Years Ir probably isn’t true, but it concerns ‘a French-Canuck who chopped down trees in the Canadian woods for fifteen years at a salary of $100 per annum, He never had a holiday. After fifteen years of laying pines low he decided to come to New York and enjoy himself. The first day in Gotham he acciden- tally happened into a crap game. His fingers itched to toss those cubes. “I'll chance a five- or ten-spot,” he thought to himself. “What's ten bucks? Within the hour, however, tl took him for the entire $1,500. The gamblers offered their sympathy, but the woods- man merely brushed his trousers, put on his hat and coat, tightened his gloves and chirped: “What the hell, it’s another fifteen years in the woods for me. Easy come— easy go.”—Variety. Cehtarette, sk without Abt mall, 25 cts, The Changing Chinese Evoretion—What can we get out of Chin: When shall we get out of China? How can we get out of China? ‘olumbia (S. C.) State. y. simultaneou: Possession: wance. Addi 50 a year; to ed every Thursd. ain, Canada and British $5.00 a year in a the Postal Union, $1. bers cannot be supplied. nd illustrations in Live are copyrigh apply to C., E Lire, Rolls House, gland. Breams Buildings, sly in the United States, Title registered in U. S. tional postage to foreign Canada, 80 cents, Back ams. Build No contribution addressed envel Rights won-return of Fetter ted. For Repr The foreign trade supplied, ngs, Lond News Company, Ltd., 3 distributor, . Montreal,’ Canada, ss accompanied by jold itself responsible for the loss to the date of issue to be affected. fon Office, Rolls House, The American stamped and Notice of change of address should reach this office two weeks prior comicbooks.com